Pip Burkett

Oct 17, 2024 | theguardian.com | Kaamil Ahmed |Ellen Wishart |Pip Burkett

Gaza Sounds 0 header mobile Illustration: Guardian DesignSome viewers might find the following footage distressing. The whirring of drones has become an inescapable constant to life in the Gaza Strip. At night the sound is punctuated by more violent intrusions: missile strikes, sirens, gunfire and the screams of frightened people. The sonic hellscape is alleviated at dawn, when people go out into the daylight to find the missing, dig out the dead and look at the damage.

Jul 5, 2024 | theguardian.com | Pip Burkett |Garry Blight

Following a landslide election victory, Keir Starmer’s Labour government faces a range of urgent priorities both home and abroad, from a prison’s overcrowding crisis and huge NHS waiting lists to the wars in Gaza and Ukraine. Below we list the members of the new cabinet and the main tasks that await them.